柱時計
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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柱 | 時 | 計 |
はしら Grade: 3 | と > ど Grade: 2 | けい Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi | Irregular |
Etymology
Compound of 柱 (hashira, “pillar”) + 時計 (dokei, “clock”). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) はしらどけー [hàshírádóꜜkèè] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- IPA(key): [ha̠ɕiɾa̠do̞ke̞ː]
Noun
柱時計 • (hashiradokei)
- wall clock, grandfather clock
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN